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3232HRT and Me: Utrogestan vs Cyclogest Natural Progesteronehttps://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-and-me-utrogestan-vs-cyclogest-natural-progesterone/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-and-me-utrogestan-vs-cyclogest-natural-progesterone/#commentsSat, 06 Feb 2016 14:24:37 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=2833Do I kill myself or give in to the uge to kill others? That’s what it ultimately came down to when I weighed up the difference between taking Utrogestan or Cyclogest natural progesterone. A year ago I wrote a post HRT and Me: Progesterone Intolerance in which I described the problems I had been experiencing […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-and-me-utrogestan-vs-cyclogest-natural-progesterone/feed/26HRT and Me: Fibroids, Polyps and Adenomyosishttps://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-fibroids-polyps-adenomyosis/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-fibroids-polyps-adenomyosis/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 19:49:46 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=2674This week I’ve mostly been thinking about my uterus. Apparently, a transvaginal ultrasound will do that to a woman. Up until this point I have to admit to a lifetime of thinking about other body parts; I fret about my liver, worry about my heart, and am acutely aware of my digestive tract, but I’ve never […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-fibroids-polyps-adenomyosis/feed/8HRT and Me: Progesterone Intolerancehttps://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-progesterone-intolerance/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-progesterone-intolerance/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 12:41:07 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=2655Things have not been going well for me lately as far as my HRT is concerned. I’ve been experiencing problems with both my progesterone and testosterone treatment. Low Testosterone Levels Despite the fact that I’ve been applying Testim gel very day for over two years now, a recent blood test showed that my testosterone levels […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-progesterone-intolerance/feed/122From Hormone Hell to Feeling Well: A True Storyhttps://writehealth.co.uk/hormone-hell-feeling-well-true-story/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hormone-hell-feeling-well-true-story/#respondTue, 18 Nov 2014 15:57:31 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=2557A few weeks ago I told a story at the In This Body conference in London. Called From Hormone Hell to Feeling Well, it is the story of how I first experienced menopause symptoms when I was thirty. I was misdiagnosed, told that my symptoms were “all in my head” and eventually referred to a […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hormone-hell-feeling-well-true-story/feed/0Lost for Words: Living with a Stammerhttps://writehealth.co.uk/living-with-a-stammer/
https://writehealth.co.uk/living-with-a-stammer/#respondFri, 01 Mar 2013 10:40:37 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=1789There’s a beautifully written article about stammering in The Guardian this week by the writer Maggie O’Farrell. Entitled ‘The monster in my mouth’ she describes how she’s always stammered and has developed coping strategies over the years that she still uses today: …regard the telephone as an instrument of treachery, exhort others to speak for […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/living-with-a-stammer/feed/0HRT and Me: Using Testim Testosterone Gel as a Womanhttps://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-testim-testosterone-gel-women/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-testim-testosterone-gel-women/#commentsThu, 14 Feb 2013 14:21:20 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=1486I’ve received a comment on my post HRT and Me: The Battle for Testosterone from a reader asking how I’m getting on with my Testim testosterone gel and I realised it’s probably time for an update on my experience of using bio-identical HRT. The answer, in a nutshell is, I’m feeling well but think I […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-testim-testosterone-gel-women/feed/123Hypnotherapy and Wart Removalhttps://writehealth.co.uk/hypnotherapy-wart-removal/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hypnotherapy-wart-removal/#commentsWed, 06 Feb 2013 14:13:36 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=1469When I was eight a wart appeared in the centre of my right thumb. It was a hard, calloused lump and I used to enjoy colouring it in with ink from my fountain pen. What Causes Warts? At the time the myth about warts was that they were caused by frog urine, but as I […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hypnotherapy-wart-removal/feed/1HRT and Me: The Battle for Testosteronehttps://writehealth.co.uk/bioidentical-hrt-women-testosterone/
https://writehealth.co.uk/bioidentical-hrt-women-testosterone/#commentsFri, 09 Nov 2012 08:48:34 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=1186I’ve just taken my first dose of testosterone. Not because I want to change my gender or take up body-building, but because I would like to feel like a normal woman again. Back in August I wrote about my menopausal journey so far and my experience with synthetic HRT, namely Prempak-C. After two months of […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/bioidentical-hrt-women-testosterone/feed/90HRT and Me: My Experience of Prempak-C and Weight Gainhttps://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-prempak-c-and-weight-gain/
https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-prempak-c-and-weight-gain/#commentsFri, 24 Aug 2012 10:54:45 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=914On Sunday I took my last dose of HRT. After a couple of months on Prempak-C I decided that I wasn’t prepared to live with the side effects. Prempak-C and Weight Gain Looking through the photos of myself taken over the Summer the change in my appearance was obvious. Over the course of two months […]

]]>https://writehealth.co.uk/hrt-prempak-c-and-weight-gain/feed/45Life in the Fast Lane: My Brief Attempt at Intermittent Fastinghttps://writehealth.co.uk/experience-intermittent-fasting/
https://writehealth.co.uk/experience-intermittent-fasting/#commentsWed, 15 Aug 2012 09:50:46 +0000http://writehealth.co.uk/?p=898Desperate times call for desperate measures, so the saying goes. After a year or so of trying various diets without any success, and excited about the many benefits of intermittent fasting, I decided to give it a try. The idea of being able to lose weight, improve my health and increase my longevity through fasting […]